It’s that time of year: When I compile my list of the Top 50 Albums of the Year. 2011 has seen a lot of great music, and I definitely have my work cut out for me on this list. After compiling a list of all of the albums on Pitchfork’s, Stereogum’s, Paste’s, and Spin’s respective end-of-year lists, as well as suggestions from friends and other prominent music bloggers and albums found on my own accord, I have come up with these 150 albums to consider for the Top 50. In the next few weeks, each album will be listened to (some for the first time, some for the 1,000th), reviewed, and ranked. The Top 50 Albums will become part of a list that will be published on all of my blogs/social media sites.

If you have any suggestions for additions to the list below, please let me know. I will begin reviewing these albums once I acquire them all.

The Preliminary 150 Albums (in alphabetical order, the order in which they will be listened to):